Mixon v. State (1952) (The law is quite clear that one may not provoke a difficulty and having done so act under the necessity produced by the difficulty, then kill his adversary and justify the homicide under the plea of self defense.)

Matthews v. State (1937) (In murder prosecution, defendant could not invoke defense that deceased was armed with a pistol and that defendant shot him in self-defense, where evidence showed that defendant was aggressor in bringing on difficulty and was not free from fault.)

Bowman v. State (1934) (Killing is not justifiable or excusable if necessitated by accuseds acting wrongfully or without being reasonably free from fault in provoking difficulty.)

Gaff v. State (1931) (Accused, to successfully excuse homicide on ground of self-defense, must have been free from fault, or receded after having been aggressor.)

Scholl v. State (1927) (One interposing self-defense in prosecution for homicide must not have wrongfully occasioned necessity of killing.)

Landrum v. State (Fla. 1920) (On a trial for murder, it is proper to charge that one cannot acquit himself of liability for the consequences of a personal difficulty on the ground of self-defense, unless he is reasonably free from fault in entering thereupon.)

Stinson v. State (1918) (Defendant cannot avail himself of defense of self-defense when he himself brought on the situation under the compulsion of which he strikes the blow or fires the shot which he claims was justified.)

Barton v. State (1916) (If one wrongfully occasions necessity for self-defense, though he may have reasonable ground to apprehend a felony, or serious personal injury, and there is imminent danger thereof, he cannot justify a killing on the ground of self-defense.)

Barnhill v. State (1908) (One who seeks and brings on an affray cannot plead self-defense.)

Kennard v. State (1900) (The aggressor in a difficulty, one not reasonably free from fault, cannot justify homicide committed in such difficulty on the ground of self-defense.)

Lovett v. State (1892) (On a trial for murder, it is proper to charge that one cannot acquit himself of liability for the consequences of a personal difficulty on the ground of self-defense, unless he is reasonably free from fault in entering thereupon.)

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